When I first visited Chris’ Millers Figure Sculpture site more than a year ago, I noticed that there was no mention of Australia and New Zealand which worried me. I spent some time trying to find some examples to offer him but failed to fine anything suitable on the internet and so had to accept […]

At Easter I visited Oxford and inevitably spent much of my time here at the Ashmolean Museum Here are some of my pictures from one of the oldest Museums in Europe. Roman if I remember correctly The enticement to go up stairs Was well rewarded! Drury Ford Degas Fedi

I came across Power’s “Greek Slave”, above, through a search for “Parian Ware” a medium in which I have recently completed a commission. (see http://iath.virginia.edu/utc/sentimnt/grslvhp.html for a brief history) Slavery and the history of slavery are not subjects I know a lot about, but it is a subject that crops up quite often in “browsing” […]

This is in response to Chris Millers’ post on Sally Farnham, one of the many talented Lady Sculptors of America. Some time ago I was given a book about the paintings and sculpture collected by King Charles I of England, a subject that brought me to thinking about female artists and sculptors over the centuries […]